What kind of iron do you mean? I have used a woodburning tool with a transfer tip, and after just a little bit of practice it works well. I have the Weller tool, but if I could do it again I’d buy the Walnut Hollow one that has the adjustable hear setting on it, with the Weller tool you have to really have to dissipate the heat or it will leave unwanted marks on the wood. Jay Bates did a video on transferring with the Weller tool also, he explains it pretty well. Idk maybe a full on old iron would also work well for larger images and text.

The thing I’ve found makes the biggest difference with heat transfers is the paper, use thicker laser paper made a world of difference for me.

Could be a concern lee – - I wonder how much it really needs to soak in. Pine has a lot of resin, so i woud suspect the ink remains very close to the surface regardless… just think about how usually on just paper, the ink wets the paper but doesn’t really soak through.

The thing to do will be to try it. What do you lose by printing onto a lable sheet and slapping it onto a piece of scrap?

Agree that wood like Oak or ash would likely not work, and you do have to think about background color.. everything that is “white” in the picture, will be the wood color.

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